Accelerator for motor vehicles



May 20., 1924. 1,495,061

G. BAILHE ACCELERATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed May 31 19?? Ga e .Bm,

abtozm May 1924.

G. BAILHE ACCELERATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FilBdMay 31 1922 lll Patented May 20, 1924.

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Application fired May: 31,

7 To all whom it may concern.

1Be it known that I, GEORGE Be ngs, a

United States of' America, residing in the city ofFort Wayne, ,'county of Allen, and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Accelerators for lvfotorjfyeliieles. of which the following is a specification.

invention relates .to Q accelerators for motor vehicles and has for its bbjecttdpfovide an accelerator which the drivenof a motor vehicle mayoperate by tilting his foot in any direction from the footre'st and, without removing his foot from such rest. also provide means whereby in thefevent (of ,the

driver becoming excited in an emergency and pressing violently upon the accelerator thmklng he is applying the" brakes, thefuel supply to the engine will belcut off. PMany accidents have resulted from, such erroneous use of accelerators of types nowinruse where no provision hasbeenmade to guard against disastrous consequences which are likely 1 to flow from increasing thespeed of theicar when the driverlshould stcpit; 7 It is a matter of, common knowledge.,that..with most ifnot all accelerators now in use'it isneces; saryfor the driver torcontinually shift his foot on and off the accelerator, tending to unduly fatigue the driven In thelus'e of my invention this shifting of thefootisfunnecessary.

With the foregoing and other objects in view I will now describe the mechanism by which these objects are attained, referring to the drawings forming a part of specifications and using reference numerals to indicate the several parts.

Fig. 1 is a vertical section showing my accelerator secured to the floor-board of a motor vehicle, with a diagrammatic view of the fuel supply regulator.

Fig. 2 is a section through Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the accelerator pedal.

Fig. 4 is a section showing the construc tion of my accelerator when used without means for closing the fuel supply or regulator, by pressure upon the accelerator mechanism.

In the accompanying drawings 1 indicates the floor-board of a motor vehicle to which is secured in any suitable manner a casing 2. The bottom of the casing 2 is closed line 22 of 1922. Serial in. 564,875,

by a plug 3 threadedfthereii'i'. spring l rests jupoii the phi; '3and resting on the spring 1f is a plunger 5 which-is adapted to {operated against; the spring 1 and slide up.anddownwithin the casing 2. "Threaded tojthiscasing isasleeve 6 having a restricted portion [forming shoulder '8 on the in terior of thesleeve. j';The plunger is rounded at its upper end fand resting upon this plunger. is a ;knob 9 which form's a partof the acceleratorpedal-lO and-is secured thereto. bya bolt .11, and washer 12.; Then pressure: is applied at any point ,ofjthe' periplr cry ",of the pedal 10,3 the, knob 9- presses against the. shoulder ofthe sleeve and againstrtherounded endof the plunger and theiplungei; ,is tl1ereby depressed and is brought back to itsnorn'ial position by the action of the spring 4: when the pressure is 1e ed-.-T e e vefi .is-nr vide w h a cap- 3W11 1 for 1 S a rest g ert e oo of the driver and by. tilting his, foot, in any directionirom this footrest hejmay apply; press'uret'oihe acce lerator pedaleand thereby aetuat'e the plunger without removing his foot from thelrestf, jf i ;-regulator, which is of a type in comin "usjoiaiidineed not be'specificially defseribedsimtl the other, endgofthe-v levereX- tends intola transverse slot lii inthe plunger 5 and this lever oscillates on a pivot 16 which is supported by the casing.

The pedal 10 is provided with spokes 17 which operate in slots 18 cut or moulded in the top of the sleeve 6.

In Fig. 1, the plunger is mounted in a cylinder 19 which may be reciprocated in the casing 2 and this cylinder is supported by a spring 20 which in turn is supported upon a cap 21 threaded to the casing 2. The sleeve 6 is threaded to the cylinder. A part of the casing is cut away at 22 so the lever 14 and its attachment will not prevent the cylinder being depressed. In this instance, however, the lever 14 is not pivoted understood. The driver rests his foot'u'pon 'by opening the throttle valve.

the cap 13. lVhen he desires to accelerate the speed of his vehicle he tilts his foot against the periphery of the pedal 10 at any convenient point andpressure thus applied rocks the knob of the pedal-'o-n the end of the plunger, depressing the plunger and. oscillating the arm 14-on its pivot,there;- Whenthe pressure is released the springlwhichsup portsv the plunger causes the 'plu nger'to return to its normalpositionjan'd the arm '14 is driven in the opposite direction:

7 Having fully described my invention and its "operation, what I claim is: c 7

1. An accelerator for motor vehicles comprising a plunger, a fuel supply regulator, an 'oscillatable-lever in contact with a plunger and connected to the fuel supply regulator, a foot-pedal in contact/with the @plunger and adapted to rock thereon to depress the plunger and actuate the fuel supply regulator.

2. An accelerator for motor vehicles comprising'a plunger mounted upon a resilient support, a fuel supply regulator, an oscillatable lever in contact with the plunger and connected to the fuel supply regulator, a foot-pedal in contact with the, plunger "and adapted to be rocked thereon to de'pressthe plunger. 7 V 7 3. An accelerator for motor'vehicles comprisinga plunger, a fuel supply regulator, a'lever in contact with the plunger "and connected to the fuel supply regulatonla foot-pedal in contact with the plunger and adapted to be rocked thereon to actuatev the lunger.

' 4. In" an accelerator "for motor vehicles,

a plunger, a foot-pedal centrally mounted over the plunger; a member secured to the foot-pedal and adapted to contact with the -plunger-and actliate the plunger whenever the foot-pedal is tilted from its normal positioIiQ" 5. An acceleratorfor motor. vehicles comprising a foot-rest; a foot-pedal encircling the" 'fo'ot re'st',l a umg gef in Contact math-the foot-pedal, a fuel'supply "regulator',- a lever in-"contztct 'withtha-plunger and connected for reciprocating the pltingerand actuating jthe 'lever.

6. An accelerator f having a resilientsupport; a foot-pedal fencircling' the foot-rest, afpluii r finfcontact with I the" foot pedal, a fuelislip y regulator, a lever "secured "to the f cylinde sothat one end is in contact'with tli'e plunger "and the 1other end connected to'ftlie"fuelsupplyregu -o. V W

7. In a J accelerator for o'ccfvehiles;

I motor vehicles comprising) a foot-rest fmounted 'on' "a cylinder liingerwlienever the foot} county of Allen,

1922, in Ltliefpres'ence of two'sub'scribin'g witnesses; GEORGE BAILI-IESI Witnesses:

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